Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-10

PENOBsCoT.

those who are to take part IN the junior Elk
hibition at the Maine State College and are
Andrews, Boardman, Buker, Brick. Cam
bell, Eastman, Elwell, Hancock, Wilson and
Miss Leavitt.-Miss Nettie Webb of Port
land has been engaged by the Sophmore
class to give them instructions in elocutlon,
preparatory to the Sophomore Defamation
THE Germania Orchestra of Boston, the
Weber Quartette and Miss Baldwin have
been engaged by the Seniors for their Com
mencemept concert at the Bangor Opera
House, June Both.
The Commercial says: new line OF
packets is to be started at once between
Bangor and Boston, our merchants having
united in the support of the scheme. John
Cassidy, ESQ.,, has been the principal mover
and all the dealers have been ready to go In
to the scheme. 1t is proposed to have each
vessel Law at the packet wharf in Boston two
days and then start for this city with her
load. -Four packets per week will come in
here regularly. Flour and heavy produce
from the west will be taken at East Boston
directly from the cars saving transfer.
This will be cheapiway of receiving freight.
There are four schOOners in Boston now
loaded with all varieties of merchandise for
this city.
The track Of the Maine Central at COST
gan, winch was WASutu away Wy tuC itCouCts
has been hauled back into place and anchored
t. wait for the subsiding of the waters. When
the current is so swift that the weight Of rail-
road iron will not keep the sleepsrs IN posi-
ton it is time for the trains 70 stop running.
Hon. Lvndon Oak, Hon. William T.
Holmes and Capt Charles w. Reyes of the
Board OF Trustees of the Maine State College.
were at Orono Saturday examining the plans
for the new natural history building which
were submitted Friday by architect kidder.
just a. soon as the plans are decided salts.
factory they will advertise for bids and build
ing operations will commence.
Mr.. Moses Gerry, an old and respected
citizen of Upper Saltwater, was cutting wood
in his shed, Thursday, when he suddenly
fell to the foOr in paralytic shock, drop
ping his axe, which, being very sharp, made
a bad cut in his face.
Lombard's mill at North Lee, has been
carried away by the foods and is total loss.
b. +. Osgood, the we'll known lumberman,
has lost 300, 900 logs.
Invitations are being sent out from Lincoln
for the Fourth of July celebration which is
to occur at that place this year, upon the &C.
casion and in connection with the unveiling
and presentation of the Stinchfieid soldiers
monument and statue, the generous gift of
1uhTleS oliuCuuelus Esq Va DCttoiss NAiSh.
to the town of his nativity, Lincoln. 1t is
erected in the square little south of the
NJ E. church, where the ceremonies of un-
yelling aud presentation viii take place.
There will be ball in the evening and the
whole occasion will undoubtedly be most
Interesting one.
SAGADAHOC.
City officials have advertised for proposals
for numbering the houses in Bath within the
letter carriers delivery limit. The work
will be paid by the city as ordered at the last
meeting of the City Council.
The first tug boat up the Cathance river
was the City of Lynn, Tuesday. She brought
the schooner Alsatian with fertilizing ma
terial for Kendall Bros, Bowdoinham. On
her return she took out the gondola Ids
May with store goods for Pittston.
BRANCH MILLS. correspondent writes
May 9: Saturday evening, MAY 7, Officers OF
Branch Mills Lodge I. o. of G. T.. were in
stalled bv Lodge Deputy E. NJ. Dove, al
follows: E. w. Worthing, c. T.; Miss Berths
Bradstreet. r. H. s.: Miss Ella A. Dove, L
II. s Miss Mertie Crummett, v. T.; Mrs
A. J. Pinkham, Chap. Miss Myrs L. Bean
Sec Clyde o. Spaulding, A. s.; Edgar E
DOVE, F. s; A. S. Bean. Treas; Mis-
Nettie Parmeter, M; Frank Robinson, d
| NJ. Miss Bertha A. DOVE, l. G.; Frank P
Spsulding, c. G.. With this quarter GU
Lodge commences its fourteenth year durinl
which time it has missed but one session
previous to the big snow storm of April 2
1t may interest our many members, scat
tered over the N. f. States to know that Their,
have been in all, $50 members. or these
as far as we are able to compute, l26 hav'
married. and 50 deaths have occurred. Pres
ent membership in good standing II, owninG
our hall building and grounds, appropriate
furniture, an organ. and $40 IN the treasury
The Lodge Association had an appointment
to meet here May s, but other Lodges failing
to appear it was postponed to June 2.-Johr
G. Slater of China, has, this spring, raiset
1 heifer calves from two cows, each bearini
twins The past week, officers of the Gene
terry Co., have been interring the occupant
of the receiving tomb, eight in number,
| York.
While preparing her summer garden thi
week, Mrs. Leonard Lord, of North Saco
dug up a curious, If not rare, copper coin o
English origin which is entitled to distinction
IL nothing more. on account of its extrem
old age. 1t bears the date in very legibl
figures of 1897. Over the date is femal
figure symbolic of Brltsin's supremacy
Around the whole is the word Britannia. o.
the reverse side is the head of George ii il
bold relief and the words, "Georgins
Rex" The coin has been shown to one o
two local coin hunters who are unable to cor
rectly place the coin in its proper category
1t would be interesting to say the least, I
know just how manv years have elapsed sine
that coin was planted in this countrv.-Biddt
ford Journal.
The Ssco and Biddeford Savings institu
ton has had miniature aquarium construct
ed in one of its windows, where gold fis
rove. or rather, will in a few days. Numer
Gus and luxuriant house plants in the build
: ing give very pretty and homelike air {
the place, while adding considerable to tn
general appearance.
Irving street. Ssco, which was last wee
submerged by the freshet to a depth of sev
F eral feet. is now entirely free from water, an
its residents are able to 60 dry shod to al
from their houses.